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Dining Table Having Integral Dishwasher
A space-saving dishwasher, which may be installed within a counter top or table, having a dish-carrying rack that is vertically shiftable through the open top of the dishwasher for facilitating loading and unloading of the dishes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4680580 | Active matrix-addressed liquid-crystal display device An active matrix-addressed liquid crystal panel comprising plural matrix picture elements is disclosed. The defects of a picture caused by a short between a row electrode and a substrate is inconspicious because each row electrode controls the picture ele... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4597479 | Clutch and brake unit A wet clutch accompanying rotation preventing device for use in a wet clutch unit which keeps a clutch hub of an input shaft side engaged with a clutch case by spline fitting the clutch case onto an output shaft freely movably in the axial direction and b... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4589293 | Emergency PTO driving unit An emergency PTO driving unit including an emergency PTO pump being normally equipped to a vehicle for an industrial machinery, said emergency PTO pump being interconnected through a clutch unit to an axle to utilize rotation of a wheel as a power source ... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4586592 | Power change-over mechanism of a vehicle for industrial machinery A power change-over mechanism of a vehicle for industrial machinery, in which a power change-over spool is divided into an outer peripheral side member and an inner peripheral side member, the both members are spline connected each other freely movably in... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4584891 | Power shift transmission power train having a forward low speed gear train with dual reduction gear set means A power train for a power shift transmission, wherein a first input shaft and a first output on the same axis engaged and disengaged through a forward driving first speed clutch and a second input shaft and a second output shaft on the same axis engaged a... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4583959 | Damper disc A damper disc disposing a pair of integrally interconnected side plates on both sides of an annular flange of a hub, interconnecting the side plate and the flange by means of a torsion spring, and interposing a friction member between an inner peripheral ... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4417263 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device for generating a constant voltage and comprised of a pair of MOS field effect transistors of the same conductivity type connected in series. A first of the transistors is a depletion type and has a gate connected to its source and i... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4415276 | Electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece has a timepiece standard generator, a frequency divider having a resettable terminal, a circuit for controlling an optically displaying device connected to the frequency divider, a circuit for controlling a hand displaying device c... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4382691 | Electronic watch In an analog electronic watch having a calendar display the power required during change of the calendar display, about 6 hours out of 24, is greater than at other times. In order to effect economy in power consumption, the pulse for driving the watch mot... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4380481 | Method for fabricating semiconductor devices A method of fabricating a semiconductor device comprising forming an island-shaped multi-layered structure of oxides and nitrides on the surface of a semiconductor. The multi-layered structure is selectively etched to define diffusion windows for forming ... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4380372 | Phase transition mode liquid crystal display device A phase transition mode liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal mixture comprised of a nematic liquid crystal and at least one of a cholesteric liquid crystal and a chiral nematic liquid crystal sandwiched between a pair of substrates. Transpar... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4379646 | Paper feed roll rotated by print head carrier movement A thermal printer paper feeding mechanism having a reciprocable print head carrier. A paper feeding roller has a ratchet cross section with the ratchet teeth twisted along the length of the paper feed roller. The paper feed roller rotates for advancing pa... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4376810 | Alkaline cell An electrochemical alkaline cell of the type comprising an anode, cathode and electrolyte for generating electrical energy and exhibiting an output discharge voltage comprises a consumable anode composed of zinc-indium-mercury alloy. The indium constituen... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4372046 | Method of making a switching electrode portion of a PCB A circuit board, for an electronic timepiece, having a switching electrode formed on a narrow peripheral surface of the circuit board. The narrow peripheral surface has a pair of spaced indentations, and the switching electrode is comprised of a metallic ... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4362401 | Watchcase A watchcase comprises a case body, a back cover connected to the back of the case body and a bezel connected to the top of the case body. A support member is connected to either the back cover or the bezel and comprises an outwardly extending flange, and ... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4362981 | Driving circuit for a stepping motor A driving circuit for a stepping motor has a pair of emitter-connected PNP transistors with the common junction point of the emitters connected to a source voltage. A pair of source-connected static induction transistors each has its drain connected to th... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361772 | Micro stepping motor for electronic watches A micro stepping motor for driving the hands of an analog electronic watch comprises a coil wound on a magnetic core, a magnetic stator connected to the core to define therewith a magnetic flux path, and a magnetized rotor rotatably disposed in an opening... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4361797 | Constant current circuit A constant current circuit comprising first and second insulated gate field effect transistors connected in series, and third and fourth insulated gate field effect transistors connected in series. The series connected transistor pairs are connected in pa... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4358840 | Analogue alarm electronic timepiece An analogue alarm electronic timepiece has electronic circuitry for controlling the drive of the time-indicating hands by a reversible stepping motor to selectively position the hands at desired alarm time and display time settings. Externally operable sw... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4358642 | Electro-magnetic type electric acoustic transducer An electro-magnetic type electric acoustic transducer comprising an exciting portion consisting of a back plate mounting a permanent magnet and a magnetic core winding an exciting coil therearound, a vibrating plate arranged opposite to said exciting port... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4355257 | Thickness shear type piezoelectric vibrator with integral mounting A thickness shear type piezoelectric vibrator comprises a quartz crystal plate of uniform thickness having a rectangular vibrating portion and integral rectangular supporting portions of less width extending from opposite ends of the vibrating portion. El... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4352169 | Electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece having a liquid crystal display device and a buzzer comprised of a piezoelectric element. A voltage booster circuit comprised of a capacitor and a semiconductor switching element boosts the voltage of the voltage supply, and the bo... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4350918 | Contour vibration mode piezoelectric resonator A contour vibration mode piezoelectric resonator has a vibrating portion and at least one supporting portion integrally connected to the vibrating portion by way of a bridge portion. The supporting portion comprises a resilient portion directly connected ... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4350961 | Electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece including an X-cut quartz crystal resonator and a capacitor to compensate the frequency-temperature characteristics of said quartz crystal resonator, wherein said capacitor comprises a plurality of ceramic capacitor elements having... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4346964 | Electrochromic display device An electrochromic display device having a simplified driving circuit. A colored display is performed by injecting an electric charge into the electrochromic layers of predetermined segments. The electric charge is transferred to the electrochromic layers ... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4326278 | Electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece having a stepping motor including a stator, rotor and coil, a driving circuit for applying driving pulses to the coil, an oscillating circuit for generating a time standard signal and a dividing circuit for dividing the time standa... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4216029 | Method of making static induction transistor logic A method of fabricating a static induction transistor device comprising providing a semiconductor substrate having a high impurity concentration, and forming a low impurity concentration semiconductor layer of the same conductivity type as the substrate o... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4215322 | High frequency oscillating circuit using AT cut quartz crystal vibrator A high frequency oscillating circuit comprises an integrated circuitry composed of first and second lateral type transistors and a longitudinal type junction field effect transistor formed in a semiconductor layer of low impurity concentration epitaxially... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4209971 | Electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece comprises a detection circuit provided with a resistance element which discriminates rotation and non-rotation of a stepping motor by variation of an oscillating circuit, a dividing circuit, a pulse composing circuit, a stepping mo... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4205517 | Alarm electronic timepiece An alarm electronic timepiece comprises a time circuit including a time standard signal oscillator for generating a time signal fed to a time display portion for displaying time. An alarm device is driven by an alarm driving circuit to produce an audible ... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4205523 | Case body construction for timepieces A timepiece case having an open back, and a case back cover for closing the back of the timepiece. A ring is attached to the back cover for projecting into the timepiece case when the back cover is in position covering the open back of the timepiece case.... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4205369 | Voltage dropping circuit This invention provides a voltage dropping circuit which is composed of capacitors and MOS field effect electronic switching elements whereby a voltage equal to M/N of the voltage of a power source is obtained.... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4205244 | Micro stepping motor A micro stepping motor for use in compact watches and the like comprises a magnetic core, a coil winding wound on the magnetic core, and a stator formed as one rigid body and connected to the magnetic core to define therewith a closed magnetic flux path. ... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4204400 | Electronic metronome An electronic metronome comprises a displaying means controlled by a down-beat signal and an up beat signal. And the displaying time of the down-beat signal is different from that of the up beat signal so that the down-beat signal is distinguished clearly... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4204397 | Electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece reduces power consumption by normally driving the stepping motor with a short pulse and driving the motor with a wide pulse under heavy load conditions by sensing the rotor position. A detection circuit senses the voltage drop acro... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4204395 | Calendar mechanism of a portable timepiece A calender mechanism comprising a cannon wheel having a gear wheel portion and a cylindrical portion extending axially from the gear wheel portion, a day star wheel mounted for rotation on a cylindrical portion of the cannon wheel, and a positioning plate... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4205262 | Electronic watch An electronic watch comprising a rotor magnetically connected to more than two poles, a stator composed of material of high magnetic transmission factor magnetically engaging with the rotor, means composed of coil magnetically connected to the stator and ... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4204205 | Electronic display device An electronic display device comprises a display panel superposed on a printed circuit board with electrodes being disposed on the facing surfaces of both the display panel and the printed circuit board. An electrically conductive rubber connector electri... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4203278 | Alarm electronic timepiece An alarm electronic timepiece comprising a timepiece circuit, a display for displaying time, an alarm for generating an alarm sound at an alarm time, a memory circuit for memorizing the alarm time and an alarm control circuit for controlling the tone qual... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4201038 | Alarm electronic watch An electronic alarm watch including an oscillator for developing a repetitive time standard signal, a dividing circuit for dividing the time standard signal to develop repetitive output signals, and a counting circuit receptive of one of the repetitive ou... | 05/06/1980 |
